I-244 and The Police

[zstyles]

Drove down I-244 last night a few times making a trip downtown for some things we had going on downtown and literally every mile there was a police car pulling someone over or waiting in the shadows for the next person..I did notice one thing most of the vehicles that were pulled over had either a tail light or headlight out, I than drove down memorial and high school kids speeding up and down, very few cops. Were they looking for easy targets they can charge or anyone else heard anything. There was few few also on the BA. Perhaps they were targeting people driving thru Oklahoma? Note it was the TPD and Highway Patrol

[patric]

Drove down I-244 last night a few times making a trip downtown for some things we had going on downtown and literally every mile there was a police car pulling someone over or waiting in the shadows for the next person..I did notice one thing most of the vehicles that were pulled over had either a tail light or headlight out, I than drove down memorial and high school kids speeding up and down, very few cops. Were they looking for easy targets they can charge or anyone else heard anything. There was few few also on the BA. Perhaps they were targeting people driving thru Oklahoma? Note it was the TPD and Highway Patrol

My guess is nice weather, the availability of grant money to pay bonuses, and

TULSA, Oklahoma - The grace period is over for an Oklahoma law many drivers didn't even know existed.
The highway patrol says it will now start enforcing the law that targets reckless drivers and carries with it big consequences.

This law went into effect in November 2011, toughening the penalties for certain traffic violations.
If you are caught, your license will be revoked for an entire year.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says there are a lot of misconceptions about reckless driving.
"Most of what we see are speeding combined with tailgating, or inattentive driving, or failure to signal."

It's up to the officer or trooper to decide what's reckless, but every violator still has his day in court.
Remember, the license revocation is added onto existing penalties of a $249 fine, and there are no exceptions to that suspension.

[Conan71]

Drove down I-244 last night a few times making a trip downtown for some things we had going on downtown and literally every mile there was a police car pulling someone over or waiting in the shadows for the next person..I did notice one thing most of the vehicles that were pulled over had either a tail light or headlight out, I than drove down memorial and high school kids speeding up and down, very few cops. Were they looking for easy targets they can charge or anyone else heard anything. There was few few also on the BA. Perhaps they were targeting people driving thru Oklahoma? Note it was the TPD and Highway Patrol

They had announced a speeding crack-down on the BA last week and surrounding surface streets.  I honestly didn't see any sort of action on the BA myself.

[Hoss]

They had announced a speeding crack-down on the BA last week and surrounding surface streets.  I honestly didn't see any sort of action on the BA myself.

OK, give me my radar detector back then.

[patric]

OK, give me my radar detector back then.

If you can now loose your drivers license for a year for not signaling a lane change, your going to need a bigger detector.

[Hoss]

If you can now loose your drivers license for a year for not signaling a lane change, your going to need a bigger detector.

Me thinks you might be over-dramatizing this.

[patric]

Me thinks you might be over-dramatizing this.

Then you'll love this:

"If someone slightly goes over the centerline, and they want to call that reckless driving and you lose your license for a year, I believe in sanctions in degrees that match the facts. I'm not sure in every instance that's going to be the case," Nick Slaymaker said.
http://www.news9.com/story/20606318/ohp-enforcing-tough-penalties-under-new-traffic-laws

My question would be, how can they claim a "grace period" existed before aggressive enforcement, if there was apparently no "informative" period to educate people about new laws? 

[Hoss]

Then you'll love this:

"If someone slightly goes over the centerline, and they want to call that reckless driving and you lose your license for a year, I believe in sanctions in degrees that match the facts. I'm not sure in every instance that's going to be the case," Nick Slaymaker said.
http://www.news9.com/story/20606318/ohp-enforcing-tough-penalties-under-new-traffic-laws

My question would be, how can they claim a "grace period" existed before aggressive enforcement, if there was apparently no "informative" period to educate people about new laws? 

Because it's LEO, Patric.  In your eyes, I guess they can do no right.

Not everything that happens at the PD is black helicopters and such.

[Quinton]

Owasso slammed me with laser last week.My detector worked well again.

[zstyles]

Speaking of Laser and Radar to throw this off topic since it seems to have some good information...Some good recommendations for some detectors...cost vs. value is important, I would like to pay for quality..I need a reminder to watch my speed every so often

[TheTed]

Driving on the Cimarron Turnpike out west of Stillwater the other day and got pulled over by OHP for going 6mph over. Luckily I only got a warning.

I didn't even think it was possible to get pulled over for going 6 over. I saw the cop in the oncoming lanes and didn't bother even slowing down because I figured the chance of him bothering with a u-turn to pull me over for 6 over the limit were slim to none.

[Red Arrow]

I didn't even think it was possible to get pulled over for going 6 over.

Really?

[Hoss]

Driving on the Cimarron Turnpike out west of Stillwater the other day and got pulled over by OHP for going 6mph over. Luckily I only got a warning.

I didn't even think it was possible to get pulled over for going 6 over. I saw the cop in the oncoming lanes and didn't bother even slowing down because I figured the chance of him bothering with a u-turn to pull me over for 6 over the limit were slim to none.

I got pulled over last year doing a left lane pass for seven over by the OHP.  Got a warning, but that was all.  On 169.  Maybe the LEO on that highway could concentrate more on the dump trucks who don't cover their loads.

[RecycleMichael]

I got pulled over near Nowata on 169 while not speeding.

I tried to explain to the policeman that I had the car on cruise control at one mile under the speed limit. He said I was lying and gave me a ticket for $100.

I had no choice but to pay it. Fighting the ticket would have been a half day and half a tank of gas.

F#&king liar. I hadn't had a speeding ticket in 20 years.

[patric]

In your eyes, I guess they can do no right.

Oh good, I thought there might have been a problem with the factual accuracy of the citations.

Speaking of Laser and Radar to throw this off topic since it seems to have some good information...Some good recommendations for some detectors...cost vs. value is important, I would like to pay for quality..I need a reminder to watch my speed every so often

One of the biggest reasons to have a radar detector these days is the Safety Warning System, a transmitter and messaging system capable of sending a wide range of emergency warnings to motorists using advanced radar detectors.
http://americancityandcounty.com/mag/government_radar_detectors_warn

The Safety Warning System will also provide a general warning to the estimated 20 million drivers using older radar detectors not capable of displaying text messages.
"The system will provide a sophisticated warning capability today and serve as a stepping stone to the systems of the future," he says.

The new generation of "smart," radar detectors includes a built-in liquid crystal display capable of displaying up to 64 characters. When such a detector receives a safety message, it first sounds a special tone to alert the driver before displaying the message.

A second message can also be sent and displayed along with the first. This allows the system to warn of a hazard while also alerting the driver of a reduced speed limit, for instance.
Because the transmitter also sends out microwave signals on the K band, drivers using older radar detectors would still be alerted to a traffic hazard, though they could not be told the specific nature of it.

Transmitters would be located on police and other emergency vehicles and on construction equipment, bridges, existing overhead sign warning systems and other fixed sites. Portable transmitters could also be moved to locations wherever needed.

Since 1991 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has allowed use of unattended radar transmitters to trigger radar detectors and thereby warn drivers of hazards ranging from highway construction zones to road maintenance.  "At least two studies have shown that drone transmitters capable of setting off the current generation of radar detectors are effective at slowing traffic in construction zones," says Janice Lee, president of RADAR.

Forget using older detectors to find HPs since they mostly use lasers.